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There has recently been a slight change in the way the Schools are arranged in the Colombian Army. The schools are under a specific category according to its purpose:
Escuelas de Formación (Formation Schools):
- Escuela Militar de Cadetes "General José
María Córdova"
- Escuela Militar de Suboficiales "Sargento
Inocencio Chincá"
- Escuela de Soldados Profesionales (ESPRO, Professional Soldiers
School, official website at <www.espro.mil.co>)
- Centros de Educación Militar (CEMIL, Military Education
Centers, official website at: <www.cemi.mil.co>, located
in Bogotá
- Escuela de Armas y Servicios
- Escuela de Infantería
- Escuela de Caballería (ESCAB, Cavalry School, official
abbreviation, official website at <www.escab.mil.co>)
- Escuela de Artillería (ESART, Artillery
School,official website located at <www.esart.mil.co>)
- Escuela de Ingenieros (ESING, Engineers School, official
website located at <www.esing.mil.co>)
- Escuela de Comunicaciones
- Escuela de Logística (ESLOG, Logistics School, official
website at <www.eslog.mil.co>)
- Escuela de Policía Militar (ESPOM, Military Police School,
official website located at <www.espom.mil.co> )
- Escuela de Relaciones Civiles y Militares
- Escuela de Equitación (ESCEQ, Equestrian School, official
abbreviation, official website at <www.esceq.mil.co>)
- Escuela de Aviación
- Escuela de Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia
"Brigadier General Ricardo Charry Solano"
- Batallón de Servicios para la Educación Militar (BASEM,
Military Education Services Battalion, official website located
at <www.basem.mil.co>)
- Compañía Avanzada de Tiro (CITAE, Advanced Shooting Company,
official website at <www.citae.mil.co>)
- Centro Nacional de Entrenamiento (CENAE, Training National
Center, official website at <www.cenae.mil.co>, located
in Tolemaida, Cundinamarca
- Escuela de Lanceros
- Escuela de Paracaidismo Militar (ESPAM, Military Parachuting
School, official website at <www.espam.mil.co>)
- Escuela de Soldados Profesionales (ESPRO, Professional Soldiers
School, official website at <www.espro.mil.co>, it is
located in the same facilities as the CENAE)
- Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales (ESFES, Special Forces School,
see also BRFER, official website
at <www.esfes.mil.co>)
- Centro de Instrucción y Reentrenamiento Tropas Ejército
(CERTE, Army Troops Center of Instruction and Training, official
abbreviation, official website at <www.certe.mil.co>)
- Batallón de Mantenimiento de Ingenieros (BAMAI, Engineers
Maintenance Battalion, official website at www.bamai.mil.co> )
Each of these schools have their own Coat of Arms, flags and
some even have pennants:
E.R., 9 June 2007
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 June 2006
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 June 2006
square "pennant"
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 June 2006
coat of arms
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 June 2006
This military institution is called ESDEGUE (Escuela Superior
de Guerra, or Superior School of War). This is where the Colonels
study to become Generals and also where the Generals become Major
Generals and so on...
Official website: <www.esdegue.mil.co>.
E.R., 14 June 2006
official flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 February 2006
additional official flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2006
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additional official flag - detail
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2006
eslan.gif)
coat of arms
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2006
This is the flag of the Escuela de Lanceros (or Lancers
School), in which the military and police personnel of the
Colombian forces take courses to become an elite force of highly
trained mobile force to combat the guerilla and the
paramilitaries. It is based on the US Army Ranger system, and
lots of foreign applicants go there as well. The flag is the
Colombian flag, plus the Coat of Arms and on the bottom it reads
ESCUELA DE LANCEROS.
These units as elite units, initially within the Cavalry Branch
of the Colombian Army, but currently it is another specialty
course taken by any Army member who passes the tests and is
eligible to take the course.
I recall that when this Lancers School was established back in
the mid 1950's during the military regime of General Gustavo
Rojas Pinilla (who took power on a coup d'etat and actually ran a
series of military reforms), the model of the Lancers School was
taken form the U.S. Rangers.
For further information about the Escuela de Lanceros, please
refer to <www.specwarnet.com>
Source: Picture taken at the Indepenedence Day parade
held in Bogota on July 20, 2004 ( from the Ministry of National
Defense at <www.mindefensa.gov.co>).
E.R., 7 February 2006
The additional official flag is based on photo of the flag
taken by me at the Museo Militar. Coat of Arms based on
García, Julio Cesar: "Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra
Colombia", Camer Editores (2000).
The motto reads on black letters LEALTADA, VALOR, > SACRIFICIO
(Loyalty, Valor, Sacrifice).
ESLAN official website is at <www.eslan.mil.co>.
E.R., 10 September 2006
The proportions of the stripes are 4:2:3:2:5:2:3:2:4. The logo
inside the shield on the flag is simplified and thus
significantly different from the normal ESLAN logo.
Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2006
official flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 December 2005
additional official flag - obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 October 2005
additional official flag - reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 October 2005
pennant
image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 December 2005
Flag of the Escuela Militar de Cadetes "General José
María Córdova" (Military Cadet School Jose Maria Cordova).
It is often abbreviated as ESMIC (EScuela MIlitar de Cadetes).
This school is for all Army Cadet students who want to be
officers.
Description of the flag: Horizontally divided flag, with upper
side divided into two equal stripes (bootom left green, top
right, red). On the obverse the Coat of Arms is located on the
green part of the flag.
Sources: Coat of Arms at "Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra
Colombia", by Julio César García, Camer Editing 2000. ISBN
958-33-1489-7 page 175, photos from official site <www.esmic.edu.co>.
E.R., 3 October 2005
There is another official flag of this Military Cadet School.
All military flags have the same legislation (the flag of
Colombia plus the lettering of the Unit, and also another
official flag with its on Coat of Arms and the proper color
background).
Source: photo taken at Colombia's Independence Day in
Madrid, 2005.
There is also pennant of this Military Cadet School. Notice that
it reads JMC, the initials of the name of the School (José
María Córdova).
Source: photo taken at Colombia's Independence Day
Parade in Bogotá, July 20, 2003.
E.R., 20 and 26 December 2005
The official name is Escuela Militar de Cadetes José María
Córdova (and not Córdoba). The difference is the "v"
goes instead of "b". The explanation for this is pretty
simple: back in the 1800's the last name of the youngest Army
General in the Colombian Army (José María Córdova), the
spelling was with "v". However the Department of
Córdoba is spelled with "b". So, for all military
purposes, the name of this General is spelled with "v"
(The top Army Order is called José María Córdova) and for all
civilian purposes it's spelled Córdoba (for example the Police
Command for the Department is called Córdoba).
This Military Cadet School is a University level institution.
This transition towards full academic approval by the Colombian
Education authorities was done very recently.
E.R., 28 December 2005
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 November 2005
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 8 March 2006
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Coat of Arms
image contributed by E.R., 3 November 2005
Coat of Arms and flag of the Escuela Militar de Suboficiales
Sargento Inocencio Chincá (NCO's Military School Sargeant
Inocencio Chinca). The official abbreviation is EMSUB. Official
website at <www.escuelamilitarsuboficiales.mil.co>.
E.R., 3 November 2005
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 October 2006
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 October 2006
Escuela de Infantería (Infantry School) is known fir short as
ESINF. Three days after the declaration of Independence, on July
23, 1810, the Batallón de Voluntarios de la Guardia Nacional
(Volunteer Battallion of the National Guard) was established.
This was the genesis of today's Colombian Infantry units. Later
on by Decree 578 of May 18, 1907, the President General Rafael
Reyes creates the Batallón Modelo de Ifantería (Model Infantry
Batallion) in order to adopt the reforms of the Chilean mission.
Sources: Julio César García: Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra
Colombia, Camer Editing, (2000), page 179. Official websute at
<www.jedoc.mil.co>
Photo of the reverse of flag. Image on Independence Day parade of
2005. Photo taken at Colombian Independence Day Parade on July
20, 2006
Official website at <www.esinf.mil.co>.
E.R., 31 October 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec and E.R., 7 July 2008
During the F-Air 2008,
an International Aeronautical Fair held in Rionegro, Antioquia, I
spotted several flags, one of them the School of Artillery flag
(Escuela de Artillería (ESART)). The flag is similar to EAS but featuring black instead of red.
The School of Artillery was established on September 1, 1937, in
Bogota.
E.R., 7 July 2008
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 October 2005
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 March 2006
This is the flag of the Escurela de Armas y Servicios (E.A.S.)
- School of Arms and Services. It is the equivalent to the
ordnance branch of the Colombian Army. Image based on coat of
armstaken from the book "Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra
Colombia", by Julio César García, Camer Editing, 2000 and
photo from <www.jedoc.mil.co>.
Official website at <www.eas.mil.co>.
E.R.,24 October 2005
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 October 2005
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 March 2006
I located Colombian Military Intelligence Service flag at <www.esici.edu.co>.
Jarig Bakker , 9 September 1999
Here is the emblem as
appear at "Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra Colombia", by
Julio César García. Camer Editores. 2000. ISBN 958-33-1489-7.
(image from page 196). The Military Intelligence is a Branch of
the Colombian Army.
E.R., 2 July 2005
Is there a reason it uses the insignia of United States Army
Intelligence?
Nathan Lamm, 24 October 2005
I do not know if this is the same insignia as the United
States Army Intelligence. If that's true then it could possibly
be because there were guidelines coming from the U.S. military in
either establishing or reestructuring the Intelligence Service.
E.R., 24 October 2005
The correct name should be "Escuela de Inteligencia y
Contrainteligencia Brigadier General Ricardo Charry Solano"
(Brigadier General Ricardo Charry Solano Intelligence and
Counterintelligence School). Official website at <www.esici.edu.co>.
E.R., 3 November 2005
official flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 25 July 2007
desk flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 October 2006
desk flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 October 2006
Escuela de Relaciones Civiles y Militares (Military and
Civilian Relations School) known for short as ERCM was formerly
known as OPSIC (Operaciones Sicológicas - Psychological
Operations). It was established by Directive No. 003 of 1991 of
the Army Command and its purpose is to interact with the
communities dealing with military force civilian cooperation,
human rights, community support plans, crisis situation
management, among other tasks. There are actually two flags but
the official one iswith blue background.
Sources: Julio César García: Himnos y Símbolos de
Nuestra Colombia, Came Editing, Year (2000), ISBN 958-33-1489-7,
page 203). Photo taken on July 1, 2006, during Air Force show at
Jose Maria Cordova International Airtport. Photo taken at
Colombian Independence Day parade on July 20, 2006. Official
website at <www.ercm.mil.co>.
E.R., 31 October 2006
The Military and Civilian Relations School flag is the same as
the blue version of the desk flag but the Coat of Arms is
encircled in a thin golden fringe, blue backgrund and it reads in
yellow capital letters ESCUELA DE RELACIONES CIVILES MILITARES.
Source: Picture taken at military parade on Colombia's
Independence Day (July 20, 2006).
E.R., 25 July 2007
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 30 October 2005
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 March 2006
This is the flag of the Military Communications branch based
on photo taken from El
Espectador on July 20, 2005 during a military parade to
commemorate Colombia's Independence Day and coat of arms from the
book "Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra Colombia", by Julio
César García, Camer Editing (2000). See also official site at
<www.jedoc.mil.co>.
E.R., 30 October 2005
On an bright orange field, a shield chequy black and
seafoam-green, with a smaller shield in its center, parted per
bend sinister or, charged with gules bezant, and argent, charged
with azure bezant. Crest is the Earth with an arm holding three
red lightning bolts jutting out of the North pole. Red ribbon
below with motto "CIENCIA, DOMINIO, VIGILANCIA.".
Eugene Ipavec, 30 October 2005
This is Escuela de Comunicaciones (Communications School,
official abbreviation ESCOM, website at <www.escom.mil.co>.
E.R., 9 June 2007
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